Traveling hobby-horse.



J. W. GREENE.

TRAVELING HOBBY HORSE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.26, 191s.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

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lUNlfTE AEd ET JOHN VJ. GREENE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR/ OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK '1. HEACOCK, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TRAVELING HOBBY-HORSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 19141.

Application filed September 26, 1913. Serial No. 791,897.

and State of California, have, invented a new and useful Traveling Hobby-I-lorse, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to an apparatus for amusement purposes and its object is to provide means whereby the rider of the horse may propel the same rocking the horse back and forth.

An object of the invention is to provide means whereby the horse may be driven forward upon each motion of the same.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that while the term horse is used that the figure may be any suitable one forv amusement of children, such as horse, deer, lion, tiger, etc., the invention relating only to the driving carriage and support therefor.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but I am aware that there are many modifications thereof.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the driving carriage and a portion of the track upon which the carriage travels, Fig. 2 is a view in elevation looking in the direction of the arrow on Fig. 1 and showing a portion of the frame and the driving gears, Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the ratchet wheels and the pawl wheel for driving the same, Fig. 1- is a view of the driving gears looking in the direction of the arrow on Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of the gears and one side of the carriage frame.

The numeral 1 represents a suitable base upon which a girder 2 is mounted, said girder carrying a steel rail 3. The girder is provided with a series of brackets 4: at each side thereof, said brackets forming the support for an angle iron track 5, there being two of said tracks. Mounted upon the rail 3 are the wheels 7 and 8, which wheels are suitably journaled in the carriage frame 9, said frame projecting at front and rear as indicated at 7 and 8 a sufficient amount to prevent one carriage from in any way injuring another carriage should there be a collision.

The frame 9 has side members 10 and 11, which side members support two downwardly extending V shaped frames 12 and 13, each of said frames carrying a roller 14 at the lower end thereof, which roller is in contact with the underside of the angle iron track 5. The rollers 14 are for the purpose of holding the frame upright, although practically all of the weight is supported by the wheels 7 and 8.

Extending upwardly from the horizontal frame pieces 10 and 11 are two A shaped frames 16 and 17. The frames 16 and 17 are connected by means of two cross pieces 18 and 19, each of which cross pieces is provided with a spring as indicated at 20 and 21. J ournaled at the top of the frames 16 and 17 is an oscillating frame 22, said frame having a semi-circular portion 23 on the lower edge of which there are rack teeth 24. The frame 22 has a duplicate frame connected by means of bolts 25 and bars 26.

Journaled in the frames 10 and 11 is a shaft 27, said shaft having a sprocket wheel 28 and two ratchet wheels 29 and 30 connected thereto. The ratchet wheels 29 and 30 each have teeth as indicated at 31, which teeth are engaged by the pawls 32 and 33 of the pawl wheel 34. The pawl wheel 34: is carried by a sleeve 35 which sleeve has a gear 36 connected therewith and in mesh with the teeth of the rack bar 23 at the right, Fig. 2. At the left side of Fig. 2 the pawl wheel sleeve 37 has a gear 38 thereon which gear is in mesh with another gear 39 which meshes with the left hand rack bar 23.

The result of the foregoing construction is that as the frame 22 is tilted in one direction the pawls will drive the sprocket wheel 28 in one direction, while as the frame is rocked in another direction the sprocket wheel will continue to rotate as in the first instance. The wheel 8 is provided with a sprocket wheel, over which wheel and the wheel 28 passes a sprocket chain 41.

In operation the children, or person for that matter, mount the figure carried by the frame 22 and rocks said frame back and forth, said movement in each direction causing a forward movement of the carriage and should one carriage strike another the frame 9 would prevent serious injury to the working parts of the apparatus. A suitable chain tightening device 50 is used to keep the sprocket chain from working off of the sprocket Wheels.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows, modifications within the scope of the claims being expressly reserved:

1. A wheeled vehicle comprising a frame two supporting wheels in a single plane, two downwardly extending frames having wheels at their lower ends for supporting the first frame in an upright position, a rocking frame carried by the first frame, a segmental rack carried by the frame, a pinion with which said rack meshes, and a clutch operated by said rocking frame to rotate one of" the supporting wheels in a given direction regardless of the direction in which said frame is rocked.

2. A Wheeled vehicle and support therefor comprising a girder, a track extending along. the top of said girder, angle iron tracks at the side of said girder, a frame, two wheels in a single plane supporting said frame from one of said tracks, downwardly extending frames having wheels bearing upon the angle iron tracks, foot supports on said frame, a rocking frame carried by the first frame, two segmental racks on the rocking frame, two pinions in mesh with said racks and two clutches operated by said rocking frame to cause the vehicle to move in one direction.

3. A wheeled vehicle comprising a frame, supporting wheels therefor, frames connecting said supporting wheels, a rocking frame carried by the first frame, two segmental racks carried by the rocking frame, two pinions in mesh with said segmental racks, two clutches operated by the rocking frame to rotate one of the supporting wheels in a given direction regardless of the direction in which said frame is rocked and two witnesses.

J. W. GREENE. lVitnesses C. P. GRIFFIN, L. H. ANDERSON.

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